February 2012
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January 2012
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What We All Long For
A friend of mine posted a status about artists in the Chinese community needing support and appreciation. This got me thinking about my place as a filmmaker, or in general an artist, in the community. Let me be blunt for a minute to all you artists out there. We chose this path to have a mediocre living. Our path is full of hardships and rejection; sometimes we’ll barely have enough to...
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December 2011
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November 2011
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This is what it takes XD
I’m sitting here in the Hayden Library basement “working” on my 3-page essay due in a few days. It’s so quiet down here that all I hear is:
“typetity typetity typetiy…. cough cough… typetity typetity…. sniff…”
To be honest it’s driving me nuts XD.
I guess out of sheer boredom I decided to look at Tumblr for the 5th time in the...
October 2011
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A Little Thanks...
Artists need support and recognition for their work. No matter how little recognition they get, artists just want to be known. The number one thing you never tell an artist is that they will never be successful. By saying that, this will push them further into some sort of bohemian lifestyle.
Special thanks to my parents, family, and friends who support me in this decision. It’s hard...
September 2011
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From a Filmmaker to Others
It’s hard to get started with your film career. I have had a lot of doubts and low points in my growing career, but I still strive for the chance of a successful career. I don’t just mean Hollywood success, I’m talking about a stable way to use my skills as a filmmaker in any line of work. The best motivation that’s been keeping me going is to start off small and dream...
'Stand in the Rain' - Director's Commentary
The latest video I’ve done is a music video to Superchic[k]’s “Stand in the Rain”. This is probably the only music video that I actually spent a good amount of time in pre-production and production. The reason is because there is a big message that my friend, Jennifer, and I wanted to get through the video. This is also my first time actually working with a client...
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The Creative Asian Americans
Asian people (including Asian Americans) have received numerous recognitions for various things. In society, Asians are noted for their smarts and work ethics. These skills are really emphasized in career fields like engineering, medical, political, and sciences. But it has come to my attention that we don’t see too many recognitions of Asians in the arts and entertainment. Why is that? ...
August 2011
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Top Movies (So Far)...
As a filmmaker, I get asked by a lot of people “what’s your favorite movie?” Well that’s a tough pick because there’s too many to choose from. I decided to post my top 16 movies so that way you can satisfy your curiosity and perhaps even see these movies yourself. I guess this can be sort of like a movie bucket list for you all. I’ll post the movie title,...
July 2011
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Rice Picker Entertainment Video Projects
So I know I haven’t done a lot with Rice Picker Entertainment, but let me tell you there are A LOT of projects I’m trying to work on. Here’s a list of upcoming projects that should be coming out in the near future.
- Suck Her Punch Behind the Scenes: Back in May, Justin and I got the opportunity to help my friend with his short fan video to the movie Sucker Punch. My friend...
A Testimony of God's Grace
I came back from my church’s annual youth retreat as a counselor and not knowing what to expect. I have to say that this was by far my favorite camp out of the past seven I’ve gone to. I think the main reason is because God really showed me something important. You see this whole summer I’ve been a counselor for 2 camps; one camp was at school for 3 weeks and the other was the...
“Do you spend time with your family? Good, because a man who doesn’t spend...”
– Vito Corleone, The Godfather
June 2011
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Barrett Summer Scholars Overview
For the past three weeks I have been working for a program at ASU called Barrett Summer Scholars. This is a three week program to give gifted 8th and 9th graders a taste of what college is like and to challenge, help, and encourage the kids to go to college. This program was a blessing; I can honestly say that I learned to be a better leader when it comes to youth. And the fact that these kids...
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Green Lantern Review
Green Lantern took flight this week and took interest in many people. Unfortunately a huge percent of these people disliked the movie. Was it really that bad? I went out to watch the movie myself and I found very little to hate about it. Of course all movies have people who like/dislike it, but Green Lantern seems to be a bigger disappointment to the viewers. Why is that?
In my opinion, I...
“She tells me she wants to be a raindrop. She doesn’t mind falling as long...”
– When Five Fell - Wong Fu Productions
Movie Review I Guess?
Well it’s summer time and all the hot movies are coming out. In the past month I’ve seen four movies: Thor, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, The Hangover 2, and Kung Fu Panda 2. All these movies were entertaining. I had high hopes for the movies (well most of them). I’ve been exposed to analyzing and criticizing movies so much that it’s become a burden to me. So what better...
May 2011
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"Freedom" - Director's Commentary
For those of you who watch Rice Picker Entertainment’s stuff, we recently released a new video called Freedom. The idea came to me while I was learning some 3D origami. The one origami piece that really caught my attention was a rose. As I was practicing and perfecting one of the roses, I got the idea to make a stop action animation of a paper becoming a rose. This brings the thought of...
Giving Thanks
I probably don’t say it enough in person to my parents and Yeh and Ngn, but I think I will openly say it now:
Dad and Mom, thank you for bringing me into this world. I feel blessed to live the way we do. You’ve taught me a lot and given me a moral personality (sometimes a little too moral). I know I’m only a freshman now, but you guys have dedicated your adulthood to work to...
April 2011
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What You Find In Modern Cartoons
Okay I can’t deny it, I love cartoons! I bet you all can agree at some level of watching cartoons. You may not like the same ones I do because we all have different tastes. For me, I love the old school cartoon bits (I.E. Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Ed, Edd, ‘n’ Eddy, Hey Arnold, or any 1990 - early 2000 cartoons); these cartoons were literally my childhood. I’ve...
What Projects are Next
So I know we (Rice Picker Entertainment) haven’t had much video stuff going on, but let me tell you that we ARE working; both on videos and with school work. Here’s what’s coming up (hopefully):
- Asian Drama spoofs - making fun of the most cliche things in a Korean drama, Taiwanese drama, and Japanese dramas
- Words I Never Said - a dramatic script by Josef that is written in...
It's a Longshot, but We're Crazy Enough to Do It
As you guys may or may not know (or just don’t care about :P), I created an official channel on Youtube and an official page on Facebook for Rice Picker Entertainment. As one of the co-creators of Rice Picker Entertainment, Josef Santos, Justin Akine, and myself have a dream of taking our independent company to the next level as a full on production company. To be honest, I never saw...
Proper Etiquette by Stephen Colbert →
Freakin’ hilarious! XD
March 2011
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I am Socially Awkward/Shy
I’ve been doing some thinking lately because there is some things that have made an impact on me. It feels I am socially detached from this world. I have friends, but it feels we don’t connect anymore. I try to make as much of an effort to talk to them or hang out with them. But when I do make the effort, it’s bland; things aren’t the same like when we met for the first...
More Hollywood and Future Film Plans
More people have finally been catching on to the sense that Hollywood has lost creativity. I recently was looking at a blog entry from Wong Fu Productions about an article on Hollywood is dead. All the points made in both article and blog post are very touching and true. Read the article to get a better understanding:
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A Hellish weekend of filmming
Ah yes, another weekend of filmming. This weekend I scheduled to work on a new music video to Far East Movement’s, Rocketeer. Now I thought it was gonna be a normal, slightly stressful two evenings of filmming, but oh no there was a lot of stuff bound to happen. Lets start with Friday.
Our shoot location was a house provided by Dominica, a friend of ours. Around 4:30, only 4 of us,...
February 2011
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